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"Pakoda VC" is now a trend & I can understand why! It's India's broken system The numbers tell a grim story: middle-class incomes are shrinking as inflation (~6%) outpaces wage growth (~4%). While labor participation has risen to 60%, most new worke

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Vamshi Yadav

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IK, VCs operate on risk-return logic! The real issue is the broken system around them. 90% of Indian startups are self-funded or depend on informal capital because institutional credit & early-stage government support are nearly non-existent. As per the NASSCOM report, only 2.7% of Indian startups ever receive venture funding.

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